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"The king of Silla made a fool of wisdom, in order to seize Liaodong, this time it was a bloody investment, he ceded Baektu Mountain to Bohai, and gave up the occupied Jiangnan Mansion, which is now the six counties of Nanhai Prefecture, and then sent the prince and princess to Shangjing and his relatives, and even did not hesitate to call the minister a tribute, the purpose is to keep Bohai neutral, How did the Rainbow Bohai King do it, the King of Bohai wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and wanted to get the benefit of the fisherman, he withdrew the garrison of Pyongyang City, and let Silla open the throat road to Liaodong. Looking at it this way, this battle between us and Silla is inevitable, and if we want to fight, we have to fight it big. Ladies and gentlemen, how do we fight? ”

Li Mao's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and he lowered his head to drink tea.

"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and if he wants to fight, we will accompany him to the end." Qin Mo was young and vigorous, and he was the first to speak.

"We can't sit still, the battle will definitely be fought, and this battle will be the largest we have ever fought, and it could be a month or a year. We need to be well prepared. After Zheng Xiaozhang finished speaking, he looked at the clerk and Zhao Guangliang: "Fighting a war is throwing money, can our financial resources support a year's war?"

The clerk said: "The hard days are definitely going to pass, and the hard work will be over." At present, the supply of grain and clothing is sufficient, the salt reserves are also sufficient, and the horses and oil are insufficient. ”

After speaking, the clerk asked Zheng Xiaozhang rhetorically: "There is still a big gap in the iron used in the transaction, and if it cannot be made up before the war, it may affect the transaction with Yingzhou." Bows and arrows were too late to be manufactured, so they had to try to buy them from Yingzhou, which required real money. ”

Zheng Xiaozhang's Yue Yi Dai Ku was cleverly counterattacked by the clerk, there were bitter words, his face was a little unsightly, he took a sip of tea and said: "The iron is ready for trading, but there is no ship to transport it, the iron ingots are too heavy, and it takes some time to rely on mules and horses." The real money you want is ready, and you can pay for it today. ”

Zhao Guangliang said: "The horses provided by the Eighteen Villages are very ordinary, and the number is limited, and the Khitans stuck our necks. Sprite's horses can only carry supplies, and it is too bad to be a war horse. This battle had to be fought based on the infantry army and the naval army, and the cavalry had little effect. ”

Li Mao asked Jiang Haitong, who was present: "When will the three ironclad ships be completed?" ”

Jianghai channel: "It can be launched at the end of the month, and the auxiliary ships will not be launched until the end of next month." ”

Li Mao said: "In this way, time is a little tight. ”

Chang Mu Cang said: "Seeing that the autumn harvest is coming to an end, it is recommended that the three battalions of the reserve be withdrawn, the male soldiers will be put into the shipyard, and the female soldiers will hurry up to make winter clothes." In terms of arrowheads, skilled craftsmen are required, and there is no one to adjust them now. This kind of East and West Yingzhou will not sell it to us, and the arrows of our allies in the north are different from those we use, and they are of high quality and price, and they are limited in quantity. ”

Li Mao said: "Shipbuilding cannot be stopped. In terms of arrowheads, we are based on our own manufacturing, and in addition, we can step up the purchase of them from Beisha City, and we also have some spices stored in our warehouse, which were originally intended to be kept and sold at a good price, but now they are all thrown out to prepare money for the purchase of ordnance. In terms of winter clothes, there is still some time before the beginning of winter, and it should be too late to organize the women's camp to make them immediately after the autumn. In terms of grain and grass, it is necessary to step up reserves and leave room for the help of allies. This winter is expected to be long and cold. ”

After talking about logistics and specific strategies and tactics, Li Mao suggested that the whole army should be divided into three parts: the front army against the enemy, the rear army garrison, and the odd troops to stay in the reserves, and the front army with Kim Do-an as the main general, the second and third divisions as the main backbone. To read the latest chapter of this book, please ask the sugar hua rear army to take the first division as the main backbone, Zheng Xiaozhang as the main general, the clerk Cheng as the deputy general, and Zheng Xiaozhang is also the grain director. The newly formed Fourth Division and the Slave Bondage Army were retained as the general reserve, with Ma Hedong as the main general.

There are two key nodes between Donggoju and Silla, Pyongyang City and Liaodong City, Pyongyang City is located on the border of Silla and was occupied by Cho Fengcheng, the governor of Pyongyang, who was originally supported by the Balhae, and after the two countries reached a secret agreement, the Balhae State withdrew its troops, and the Silla State sent troops to expel the Cho Governor. Liaodong City was originally a Goguryeo building to defend the western stronghold of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, located in a critical point, steep and abnormal, after Goguryeo was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, this city was deserted. Tang lost Liaodong, this place changed hands several times, and is now occupied by Xue Qing, the former Hebei tooth general.

Pyongyang is far away from Dongjia and Gaozhou, so it is not a threat, but Liaodong City is only 400 miles away from Donggao Erzhou, and it is indeed a problem for henchmen.

"Xue Qingbao, this guy will definitely act as the vanguard of the Silla people this time. This old guy has had good luck in the past two years, and he has been smooth, and he doesn't know who his surname is. As the head of diplomacy, Qin Mo has been to Liaodong City twice, the first time he went was to build a business with Liaodong City, but he was politely rejected by Xue Qing, and the second time he went to hope that Xue Qing would recognize the situation and form an alliance with Donggaozhou, and was "sent out of the country", Qin Mo was indignant and indignant about this Liaodong city lord.

Qin Mo's opinion does not seem to be very clever, Xue Qingbao is willing to act as the vanguard of Silla, that is set early in the morning, the terrain of Liaodong City is extremely dangerous, and it holds the traffic artery in the heart of the Tang Dynasty of Silla Road, but because of the narrow hinterland, it is impossible to gather people, it is difficult to raise soldiers, and the necessary supplies are completely dependent on external supply, and only Silla has the ability to supply him before Li Mao's rise, and he can only take refuge in Silla.

Although Li Mao has risen to become a hegemon in Liaodong, the time is too short, and he has never fought against the great enemy, and his position is not very stable.

In addition, because Silla was pinned down by the Bohai Sea and was unable to get involved in Liaodong, so he had to support and use him as an agent to control Liaodong and seize benefits, after the rise of Eastern Gaozhou, it not only threatened the interests of the Silla people in Liaodong, but also directly damaged the interests of Xue Qingbao, and it was almost certain that he would help the Silla people attack Gaozhou.

Qin Mo's judgment was not very clever, but his conclusion was undoubtedly correct.

"If the Silla army comes to attack, Liaodong City is its advance base, without this point, the logistics supply of the Silla people is thousands of miles away, the supply line is too long and not to mention the huge cost, and it is also vulnerable to attack and cut off, so if the Silla army comes to attack, it must first take Liaodong City. Otherwise, in winter, on the vast ice field, they will only freeze to death and starve to death. ”

Tsuneki Kura had a deep understanding of the importance of Liaodong Castle, and he continued: "If we occupy Liaodong Castle, we can completely keep the enemy out of the country, prevent Silla from approaching our heart, and even completely avoid war. ”

"The terrain of Liaodong City is dangerous, and it is not easy to take it, but the city is small, and the grain and grass cannot be self-sufficient, if the Silla people are prevented from transporting grain to the city, the siege of the city will be broken in March."

"Take the initiative to fight a decisive battle with the Silla people in the wilderness, which is exactly what they want, and cross Liaodong City to fight against the Silla people, with a knife hanging over their heads, how to fight this battle I think the only way is to block it in Yalu Water."

"The water army has not yet been built, how to go to Yalu Water to block the incoming enemy"

"Or you can find a way to find the sand boss in Beisha City."

"That guy sees the money, who to help or not, it depends on who can pay the starting price, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, even if we turn the bottom of the box over, we can't compare to the wealth of Silla. This road does not work. ”

Discussing this, everyone felt that things were difficult to do, and they were frowning one by one, Li Mao paced to the whole map of Liaodong, stared at the map, and was speechless for a long time.

A bold idea suddenly sprung up in his mind, and this novel idea once made him very excited, but after thinking about it carefully, it made him break out in a cold sweat:

"This is a gamble with all your life."

It was difficult to make up his mind, and when it came to the meal, Hu Nanxiang beckoned everyone to eat a whole fish meal, including boiled fish, stewed fish, grilled fish, fried fish, fried fish, vinegared fish, and finally a fish soup without salt and oil per person.

Because the whole fish feast was concocted by Lan'er and the Wu family themselves, everyone was embarrassed to say that it was not delicious.

Zheng Xiaozhang proposed to drink some wine, Qin Mo got up and took a bottle in, and each person shared a little bit, which could not only taste the freshness, but also not get drunk and make mistakes.

The economic conditions in Liaodong have improved, but there is still a shortage of materials, especially luxury goods such as wine and silk.

Li Mao drank a glass of wine, the wine was drunk into his stomach, his body warmed up, but his heart became calmer, he took the idea just now back and perfected it carefully, and went through it carefully.

My heart was settled, and there was no major omission, so I made up my mind.

The decision has been made, and he already knows what to do next.

After packing up the cups and saucers, the cafeteria turned back into a conference room, and Li Mao said to everyone: "We must end the war in the north as soon as possible and concentrate our resources on dealing with Silla." ”

Since the Battle of Songmu Pass, the Khitan Department of Liaodong was completely out, and the remnants retreated into the northern region of Liaohe.

Li Mao made an agreement with the Murowei people to provide them with iron weapons, armor, and tactical guidance, and financed them to attack the Khitan and seize the territory that belonged to the Khitans.

The grudge between the Murwei people and the Khitan does not need to be instigated by Li Mao to be as deep as the sea, and now they can not only beat the water dogs, avenge the blood and sea of the old days, but also get subsidies from the Han people, which is really unwanted.

The people of Murowei took many benefits, and the returns to Li Mao were also extremely rich, and the luxury goods urgently needed in the hinterland, such as spices and gems, were continuously transported to Dongzhou, and then transported from Dongzhou to Beisha City, transported by sea to Dengzhou, and handed over to Haidong Trading Company, where they were divided into two, one remained in Ziqing, and the other was sold to Heluo and Liangjing through Su Qing's channels to earn excess profits.

The increasing ** nature of the copper tiger head caused Li Shidao to be uneasy, and Li Shidao cut off the economic source of the copper tiger head, intending to tame this beast. The head of the bronze tiger is no longer what it used to be, and they refuse to wait for death, and their traditional financial resources are cut, so they find another way.

Liaodong's growing trade and lucrative profits gave new hope to the financially troubled Copper Tigers, who are now re-energized by Liaodong's wealth. They regard this trade route as a bloodline, the capital to fight against repression. Their sincerity in maintaining this trade route is no less than that of Li Mao, and their support is also real.

The profits generated by this business route also nourished Li Mao, allowing him to dance with long sleeves and be at the mercy of the crowd. He sowed the seeds of hatred in the hearts of the Murwei and Khitan people, and reaped the sea of blood, the mountains of rolling human heads and bones, and the hatred that could not be dissolved by the world.

It has long been criticized for the fact that the war of the Murowei people cost Gaozhou too much of its financial resources, and the inhabitants of Eastern and Gaozhou have endured too much humiliation in order to maintain this level of alliance.

This resentment was gathering rapidly, and if it weren't for Li Mao's strong oppression, it would have already boiled over the sky.

"Is it true that our fate with our northern allies has ended, I heard that there are many people who hate them to the core?" asked Li Mao knowingly.

"I've had enough of the barbarians' bird anger, if you don't turn your face with them, people will turn their faces with you."

After firing the cannon, Qin Mo turned around and glanced at Zeng Zhen. One day five months ago, Zeng Zhen went out on business, and was stopped by a drunken Murwei man on the road, who pulled her with his hands and feet, Zeng Zhen knew how to embroider his legs with a little fist, but he was far from being the opponent of the two strong men of Murwei, one arm was quickly twisted, and the Murwei people pressed her against the wall, wanting to be indecent, and the female companion of the companion hit the back of the drunken man's head with a brick.

The drunk man fell unconscious on the spot, and the beater went to report the incident to the Security Bureau, but was detained, charged with assault, sentenced to three years in prison, and detained in prison. Although countless passers-by testified for her that they were saving people in self-defense, Lin Yun insisted on the sentence.

Lin Yun later explained to Zeng Zhen through Qin Mo that he was also forced to do so, and he had to do this, and the injured Murwei people had some backgrounds, and the nephew of a certain tribal leader took people to Jingluo Mansion to make noise for most of the day afterwards, and if he was not punished, it would directly affect the relationship between the two families.

The direct result of this incident is that the Murwei people are rampant in the East High and Two Prefectures, and the local residents are afraid of it.

Li Mao could only smile bitterly, the cost of maintaining the alliance with the Murwei people was too great, and it was time for change.

"Immediately lift funding for allies in the north and pool these resources on the southern front."

"This way we can improve our odds by at least three levels." Qin Mo applauded warmly, and at the same time suggested: "In order to maintain the relationship between allies, we have done a lot of immoral things, I suggest that those who are involved should be rehabilitated, those who have suffered losses should be compensated, and those who need to apologize should apologize in person to restore people's morale." ”

"The Security Bureau, the Relief Department, the Supervision Department, and the Office of the Magistrate jointly formed a team to redress unjust cases, and if I need to apologize, I will be notified to come forward."

The crowd applauded Li Mao's decision.

"Although the alliance relationship is dissolved, it is not appropriate to form a deep hatred and hatred, I think that the people of Murwei should be mainly coaxed, and they can coax him for a while, and stabilize him first." Zheng Xiaozhang proposed, "It is necessary to protect the Murowei people who remain in the two prefectures of Donggao, and avoid giving people a tongue, so as not to anger those barbarians, and if they rush to kill them desperately, it will be a trouble." ”

Li Mao nodded with a smile and said, "You are also the head of the Security Bureau, and this matter happens to be in your charge." ”

Zhao Guangliang was a little worried that doing so would anger the Murowei people, and if the news was learned by the Silla people, they would not hesitate to stab their former allies in the back if they showed a small advantage.

"Righteousness is unreliable, and barbarians have no faith at all, so we naturally have to take precautions." Li Mao smiled, looking confident.

"What should we do" everyone's eyes were fixed on Li Mao's body.

Li Mao's gaze fell on Qin Mo.

"I" Qin Mo pointed at himself, looking dazed.

"In the name of Yingzhou Dahao, you go to meet with the Khitan chief and tell him that you are willing to fund them to defeat the Murwei people and ask them to ensure your interests in Liaodong."

Everyone looked at each other, withdrew the funding for the Murwei people, and in turn funded the former enemy, which one did Li Mao play.

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